Water hydrant



V .muy 7, 1925. 1,545,366 F. TIBBLE WATER HYDRANT Filed June l1. 1923 Wig; I

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Patented July 7, 1925.

' UNITED. STATES 1 n FREDERICK TVIBVBLEQOF ennivnnnrlns, MICHIGAN;

WATER HYDRANT. y

y 1j Application mediaan@ 11, 19,23.,.seriain'qfenea To all whom t may concern:

Be itlknown that I, FREDERICK TIBBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and` useful Improvements in Water Hydrants, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hydrant Valves and its object is to provide a means wherebya hydrant will automatically drain itself as soon as the water supply is shut off, and will automatically close the drain pipe when the supply is passing through the hydrant. n

lI attain this object by the mechanism and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the hydrant on the line 1-.1

of Fig. 2 and of the actuating nut on theV line 1-1 of Fig. 4, the stem or neck of the hydrant being left in itsnormal form. Fig.

2 is a bottom plan of the hydrant showing sides of the valve seats, as follows: the valve 1 the partition 19, and for this purpose I pro-v the positions of my several chambers covering the valve openings and seats. Fig. 3 shows the cap removed from the hydrant,

on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 to more plainlyv show the valve actuating mechanism, and Fig: t is a plan of the actuating nut common upon all hydrants.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the' drawing 1 is the hydrant body, 2 is the hydrant cap, `3 is the hydrant neck, 4 is the actuating nut, and 5 is the actuating rod by means of which the hydrant valve 15 is usually operated. In my device I have placed two valves, namely, the ushing orl service valve 15 and a drain valve 9. To make this arrangement operative it is necessary to place these valves upon opposite 15, being the service valve, is placed below vide a receiving chamber 16 having an opening 17 by means of which the said chamber maybe connected with the water main, not here shown, while the valve 9 is placed above the partition 19, within the hydrant body 1, so that when the valves are in their normal positions to shut oit the water main and drain the hydrant, the service valve is drawn firmly against its seat 15, thus preventing any water to pass this valve and enter the hydrant body, and the valve 9 israised off of its seat 10 leaving a free opening through Athe connectingr`4 cylinder `11` into thedrain pipe 18, and `,thence to any available distribution service,as a sewer. i

To render the actuating rod 5 ,available for use lwith this distribution of valves it is necessary to provide va cross girt or yoke 6 so disposed that it may be firmly connected with the actuating rod 5 and with both of the valve rods,\7 and 12, which areV made to slide freely through the guide bodies 8 which are .mounted upon the arms 13 in such a manner as to leave an absolutely free passage for the flowof Water into, and out of the hydrant. Thus, it will be understood, whenthe actuating nut 4 is revolved to force the valves downwardly the service valve will be opened for the free entrance of water into the hydrant andthe valve `is raised from its seat and the valve opening 'is free for the escape of water from the hydrant suiliciently fast to avert all danger Vof, the water freezing in thehydrant, no matter what the temperature may be when the hydrant is in use.

My receiving and discharge applianceis made separate from the hydrant and is so arranged that it may be readily connected with any stock hydrant, as byv the use of bolts al. a, b and a represent respectively the ordinary connecting flanges upon the body and cap of a hydrant, and the bolts by means of which theseflanges` are secured together, and the heavy black line'between these flanges represents packing, as ordi` narily used, and at 'e I have shown the positions of the ordinary discharge openings with and provided with valve openings therethrough, and a dome shaped caphaving a longitudinally apertured, upwardly extending neck integral therewith, a nut mounted upon said neck and having an opening therethrough, the Water chamber having openings therethrough forthe passage `0f water therefrom, an outow Valve seated upon the upper side of the bottom har Within the water 4clramber :securely connected with the upper ends of said Valve rods, an actuating rod connected .Withfsaid bar at the longitudinal center thereof and extending upwardly through the aperture-1 in the neck and nut, a Screw thread upon saidrod .made to mesh AWitha corresponding screw thread 1n the nutv for openand closingrithe valves sthe action of the xnut thereon, a detachable dh'alnber bolt- V-edtothe bottom plate and adapted to be connectedwithmwater main, and a sleeve integrally connected therewith and adapted to perm-it za full' free flow of Water from the hydrant into a sewer connection.

:Signed atGrafnd Rapids, Michigan, June 8, 1923.

f FREDERICK 4TIBBLE. 

